Learn - Take Action - Be Anti-Racist

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Support Black and Brown Political Candidates

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Representation facilitates change!  Vote!  Get others to vote.  Volunteer, phone bank, join writing campaigns, give financial support.  And most of all, protect the right to vote in oppressed communities!  

 

Here is a list of some of the Black and Brown candidates nationwide and a few to take note of below.  

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• Jaime Harrison - South Carolina US Senate (working to defeat Mitch McConnell)

• Cori Bush - Missouri US Congress, MO-01

• Chukundi Salisbury - Seattle, WA - 37th District State Representative, position 2

• Kristen Harris-Talley - Seattle, WA - 37th District State Representative, position 2

• Rhonda Taylor - Trying to unseat a full-on tRump supporter in Georgia House District 91

• Coral Evans - Arizona State House of Representatives, District 6

• Jamaal Bowman - New York's 16th Congressional District

• Cameron Webb - Virginia's 5th Congressional District

• Sybrina Fulton - Miami-Dade County Commissioner District 1, this is Trayvon Martin's mom

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Act to Divest Police Budgets and Invest in Black Communities

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• Learn what defunding means and speak up in support of this.  

  • Resources

  • ​Tips on messaging

• Support efforts in Seattle - 

  • King County Equity Now Demands

  • Decriminalize Seattle Demands

  • Presentation given to City Council on 7/9/20

  • Testify at City and County Council budget meetings .  The 2021 budget process is in full swing and will be finalized in late November.

• Support participatory budgeting so those that are most impacted have a say.

• Take action as these groups have requested

  • King County Equity Now​ Actions

  • Decriminalize Seattle Actions and Blog 

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Speak up to End Police Contracts in Schools

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Let's end the school to prison pipeline and unequal treatment for Black and Brown students!  Schools around the nation have begun looking at alternatives to police and security guards in schools, who disproportionally penalize Black and Brown children.

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ACT!

• Contact local legislators, city councils, mayors, governors and school boards to show your support for existing efforts and to encourage others to start their own. 

• Encourage them use the budget to replace police officers in schools with more  effective resources, such as school counselors and community programs. 

• Demand that they remove security guards, which are separate contracts.     

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Support Black-owned businesses

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• Shoppe Black - A list of Black-owned businesses

• Buy face masks from Black-owned businesses

• Buy books from Black-owned independent book stores

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Give financial support

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• to development projects that build from within in Black and Brown communities 

• to community programs that empower Black and Brown communities

• to local and national programs fighting for civil rights

• to truth in reporting by supporting community-led or public news outlets

• to Black and Brown political candidates, locally and nationally

• to organizations fighting for voting rights 

• to bail funds 

• to educators and organizations working to teach others about systemic racism and white privilege

• to organizations fighting against gun violence, which hits Black and Brown communities harder

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Support the organizations listed on the Programs and Resources tabs

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• Give to any of these organizations in Minnesota, recommended by Reclaim the Block. 

• Join mailing lists to stay informed.

• Take the lead of Black and Brown led organizations and find ways to support them.

• Join rallies and protest marches.

• Get involved in the work, volunteer, join conversations, expand your community.​